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Island thinking
We were in Auckland recently and in a spare day took the ferry over to Waiheke Island (think suburb of Auckland). Walking down the street, who should we bump into but our old friend Logan Muller. His family have lived on the island since the 1930s. Logan pointed us to the Waste Resource Trust. This […]
LivingCampus proposal: More than a garden, more than a museum, more than a campus
February 4, 2008
We’re proposing the transformation of our campus to form a “LivingCampus”. I’ve been working on the proposal, here are some sections: This project will involve the complete renovation of the Polytechnic’s existing city campus, re-inventing the current, unsustainable outdoors environment as an open-air interactive museum, vibrant community garden and visionary hub for sustainability-oriented community education […]
Teaching models for different attitudes
January 16, 2008
I’ve been thinking about reactions to the Story of Stuff. Lots of people loved it. People around here are busily organising video evenings for their kindergartens and others are suggesting that it be made compulsory viewing for all staff and students. Another group of people hate it. Despite what the former may think, many of […]
Posted in: Education for Sustainability
Ignored reading pile in summer of swimming
January 14, 2008
So, back at my desk after an incredible summer. Hottest on record, lots of swimming. How much of the summer reading pile got read? None. Not a diddle. Until yesterday that is, when I looked at the pile I’ve ignored all summer. Then I ignored it some more and went for another swim. But I […]
Posted in: research, softwareEngineering
Juxta-surprise: green, or happens to coincide with cheap?
December 19, 2007
Ted Samson writes green technology for Infoworld. His pieces are well informed, well thought out and add value to the original material. So, working backwards through oldish links this juxtaposition hit me as strange. On the same day he manages to articulate a distinction that describes a values based commitment to sustainability, but then in […]
Posted in: Computing for Sustainability
Computing for Sustainability 
February 10, 2008
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